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Michael Jackson -- 'Beat It'


Tabbed by Tim Nevaker: tnevak2@gl.umbc.edu

The opening and chorus guitar riff, doubled by the bass:

e:-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------||
B:-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------||
G:-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------||
D:-----|-------5-2-----4-|---2-------------|-------5-2-----4-|---2---------||
A:-----|-----2-----------|-----5---5-------|-----2-----------|-----5-------||
E:--0--|---3-------------|---------------0-|---3-------------|-------------||

e:-----------------------------------|-----------------------||
B:-----------------------------------|-----------------------||
G:--x---x-x-12--x-x-12---9-------x-x-|-11---x-x-11---7-------||
D:--x---x-x-12--x-x-12---9-------x-x-|-12---x-x-12---7-------||
A:-----------------------------------|-----------------------||
E:-----------------------------------|-----------------------||

Verse:

E5 D5 E5 D5
e:------------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
B:------------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
G:--x-9-9---9---x-7-|-7---7-------|-x-9-9---9---x-7-|-7---7-------|
D:--x-9-9---9---x-7-|-7---7-------|-x-9-9---9---x-7-|-7---7-------|
A:--x-7-7---7---x-5-|-5---5-------|-x-7-7---7---x-5-|-5---5-------|
E:------------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|

C5 D5 E5 D5
e:-----------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------||
B:-----------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------||
G:-x-5-5---5---x-7-|-7---7-------|-x-9-9---9---x-7-|-7---7------------||
D:-x-5-5---5---x-7-|-7---7-------|-x-9-9---9---x-7-|-7---7------------||
A:-x-3-3---3---x-5-|-5---5-------|-x-7-7---7---x-5-|-5---5------------||
E:-----------------|-------------|-----------------|---------15\------||

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